Luke 11:49

Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,

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Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

In Context

48So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

50that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:1Does not wisdom cry out? 2 Does not understanding raise her voice? 1

Matthew 22:6and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

Luke 21:16You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.

John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:38-54

Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41… Read the whole commentary →

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